Karnataka

Udupi, Jan 23: Congress veteran B Janardhana Poojary has slammed the NDA government of handling the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula at University of Hyderabad in a very insensitive manner. Addressing media persons, the former union minister accused the HRD Smriti Irani of giving misleading statement on the events leading up to Vemula’s death. He said that Vemula’s death had brought

Bengaluru, Jan 23: In the wake of the arrest of six men on suspicion of ISIS links in the state, Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara today said that more than 300 places have been identified as "sensitive". "Police department in Bengaluru and in the entire state have identified more than 300 places as sensitive places," he told reporters. Meanwhile, the six arrested persons were today produced

Mangaluru, Jan 23: Unable to bear the harsh words used by Congress MLC VS Ugrappa for not giving proper answers to his questions, a senior government officer fainted during a review meeting in the city on Saturday. Sundara Poojary, deputy director of women and child welfare department, is now admitted to a hospital and his condition is said to be stable. Mr Ugrappa, who heads the Expert Committee

Manama, Jan 23: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Manama today for the first ministerial meeting of the India-Arab League Cooperation Forum to deepen the country's ties with the 22-member grouping amid tensions between regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran. Ms Swaraj, who is Manama on a two-day visit, will also hold bilateral meetings with foreign ministers of a number of

Mangaluru, Jan 23: K Ashraf, the former Mangaluru Mayor and founder of United Muslim Association of Dakshina Kannada, has once again rejoined the Congress party during its district level convention held in the city on Saturday. Known for his frequent tirade against veteran Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary, Mr Ashraf had quit and rejoined the Congress party around half a dozen times in recent

Bengaluru, Jan 23: A special court on Saturday remanded six persons arrested on suspicion of ISIS links to four-day's NIA custody till January 27. Of the six men picked up from different parts of Karnataka, five were produced amid tight security before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) designated court after they were medically examined. "The court has granted four-day remand to interrogate

Mumbai, Jan 23: There was a time when a large number of fake Rs 500 denomination notes were in circulation. Now, the Reserve Bank of India itself has admitted that it has printed Rs 30,000 crore worth of Rs 1000 currency notes without the silver thread. It has also revealed that Rs. 10,000 crore has already been circulated. This is the second time that RBI has printed faulty currency notes. In the

Mangaluru, Jan 23: A day after sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Najmul Huda in a predawn raid at Permude village in Mangaluru taluk, an eerie silence prevailed in the entire neighbourhood. The engineering student’s helpless parents and three young sisters, who have already rubbished the allegations made against him by media, have no clue of the terrible rumours being

Tumakuru, Jan 23: Around 3:30 am on Friday, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) team, accompanied by the local police, swooped on a house on 8th Cross, PH Colony in Tumakuru. Before entering the house, they latched the door of over 40 houses from outside in the vicinity. Sound of boots and murmur jolted Hussain Mujahid, 35, out of sleep. Even before he could react to the situation, the NIA

Bengaluru, Jan 23: Bushra Tabassum, whose techie husband Mohammed Afzal was among those arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) during nationwide raids in the early hours of Friday, said the raiding team held a gun to her innocent husband's head and also forced her to sign on a blank sheet of paper. It was 3 am when Bushra heard a loud knock at the apartment she lives in with her